Occidental College

Services

Basic

nonremedial tutoring, women’s center, health service, health insurance

Counseling

minority student, career, personal, academic, psychological, birth control, religious

Career

on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, alumni network, other

Campus Safety

24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)

Campus Life

Housing

Overview

• The school offers housing for students.
• 70% of students live in school housing.
• The school will provide assistance for off-campus housing

Types of housing available

• 17% of housing units are Singles.
• 67% of housing units are Doubles.
• 16% of housing units are Triples.
• In total, there are 14 housing buildings.

Room Accessories

• 7% of rooms are equipped with sprinkler systems.
• 100% of rooms are equipped with fire alarms.
• 100% are equipped with high-speed internet connections.

Extracurricular

• 60% of students remain on campus over the weekends, on average.
• Alcohol is permitted on campus.
• Popular events on campus: Dance Production; Da Getaway; Club Oxy; Founders Day; Winter Formal; Quad shows; First Tuesday speaker series; New Play Festival
• Student activities: choral groups, concert band, dance, drama/theater, jazz band, literary magazine, music ensembles, musical theater, radio station, student government, student newspaper, student film society, symphony orchestra, yearbook
• In total, there are about 109 organizations on campus.
• Honor societies: Phi Beta Kappa; Alpha Chi Sigma (chemistry); Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (music); Sigma Alpha Iota (music-women); Pi Mu Epsilon (mathematics); Psi Chi (psychology); Mortar Board; National Residence Hall Honorary
• Religious organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Buddhist Meditation Group, Canterbury/Augsberg, Newman Catholic Community, LDS Student Association, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Muslim Student Association, Hillel, Progressive Christians Uniting
• International organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Armenian Students Assn. ; Asian-Pacific Islander Alliance; Black Student Alliance; Chinese Culture Club; First Nations; EKTA (Southeast Asian Club); J@Oxy (Japan at Oxy); Korean Student Assn. ; MEChA/ALAS; Pilipino United Student Organization: Multicultural Alliance
• Other organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Blyth Student Investment Fund; Bad Movie Club; I Ka Poli O Hawai’i; Occidental Rock Climbing Club; Cloud 9 Snow/Surf Club; Queer-Straight Alliance; Anime and Asian Film Club; American Medical Student Assn. ; Chess Club; Occidental Dance Theater; Occidental Venture Assn. ; Student-Alumni Relations Club; History Society; OxyConscious; College Republicans; Oxy Dance Team; Opera Club; Rotaract; Ultimate Frisbee; Jazz Band; Occidental Review Arts and Literary Magazine; Sailing Interest Club; Rugby (men’s and women’s); Yoga Club
• Student papers: (Appears as submitted by school) Occidental Weekly (weekly)

Travel

• Nearest airport(s) (distance in miles): Los Angeles (15), Burbank (9)
• Nearest train(s) (distance in miles): Los Angeles (6)
• Nearest bus-station(s) (distance in miles): Los Angeles (6)
• Public transportation serves the campus.
• All students are permitted to have cars on campus.
• 66% of students have a car on campus

Employment

• School employment is available.
• Freshman are not discouraged from working.

Greek Life

• There are 3 fraternities
• 1 fraternity houses
• 6% of students are fraternity members
• There are 4 sororities
• 2 sorority houses
• 13% of students are sorority members.

ROTC

• Army ROTC: Offered at cooperating institution (University of Southern California, University of California–Los
• Navy ROTC: Not offered
• Airforce ROTC: Offered at cooperating institution (University of Southern California, University of California–Los

Additional Policies

class attendance policies set by individual instructors, honor code, hazing prohibited, other